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I was just looking at our finds of Canadian Nickels that we have found and the only King George V we have not found is the 1925 has any one found one in the wild. The ones we have got are from coin counters and from coin shops at face are less.

See-- http://www.realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=22927
http://www.realcent.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=19409&hilit=+Canadian+nickel

Thats pretty good. I rarely get George V in the wild. It does happen some times but very rarely. I get most from a close bank teller source.

Never. The Geoge Vs are about 1:85 000.

Cheers,

Never found any George V in the wild, but I have purchased more than 560 Canadian nickels from my LCS for face value, and 10 were George V, nothing of any real value. Still looking for the '25.

mtalbot_ca wrote:Never. The Geoge Vs are about 1:85 000.

Cheers,

Is that 1 in 85,000?

scyther wrote:

mtalbot_ca wrote:Never. The Geoge Vs are about 1:85 000.

Cheers,

Is that 1 in 85,000?

Yes, it is 1 Georges V in 85,000 nickels.

mtalbot_ca wrote:

scyther wrote:

mtalbot_ca wrote:Never. The Geoge Vs are about 1:85 000.

Cheers,

Is that 1 in 85,000?

Yes, it is 1 Georges V in 85,000 nickels.

Ok, I thought so, but that's far rarer than I would have imagined. They made them until 1936, right?

You are right they stopped in 1936. Most of the Georges Vs are hoarded and only released when the estate is disposed of.

There has to be far less than that.

The George V's went through the WWII melt and korean war melt. Arguably more were melted than silver coinage, more and twice at least. The final melt started in 2003 - which means even the pre-81's are starting to get rare.

ZenOps wrote:There has to be far less than that.

The George V's went through the WWII melt and korean war melt. Arguably more were melted than silver coinage, more and twice at least. The final melt started in 2003 - which means even the pre-81's are starting to get rare.

That would explain it...

Has any one found a 1925 Canadian Nickel in the wild?

Yes.

Bluegill wrote:

Has any one found a 1925 Canadian Nickel in the wild?

Yes.

How were when?

henrysmedford wrote:

Bluegill wrote:

Has any one found a 1925 Canadian Nickel in the wild?

Yes.

How were when?

Found it a couple of years ago in a bank box, can't remember if it was Brinks or CWI. Didn't even know I had it for a while, had it mixed in with the other GV's I found. The coin dealer I sold it to last fall graded it between VF and EF.

Bluegill wrote:Found it a couple of years ago in a bank box, can't remember if it was Brinks or CWI. Didn't even know I had it for a while, had it mixed in with the other GV's I found. The coin dealer I sold it to last fall graded it between VF and EF.

How much did it sell for (if you don't mind my asking)?

My LCS only had 8 Canadian nickels today at face, but 2 were George V, 1928 and 1930. The other 6 coins were .999s. Like the lady said when she peed in the ocean, "every little bit helps".

Didn't see this thread until now, but I did get a 1925 Canadian nickel several years ago. I bought something like 200# or so of .999 and there was one that was buried in the pile. Not a professional grader, but I'd say it is about VF with no major problems.

Didn't pay any extra for it and am open to trading for a bunch of .999 Canadian nickels (no coins with problems). I can try to get photos if anyone is seriously interested, but I will need to dig it out of storage- allow 1-2 weeks for me to find it first.

Also, I am in the U.S. so shipping might be expensive if you want to send me coins from Canada.

Any interest on this?